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23. Prothorax red, with narrow central part black, abdomen 



red — haematica, Hope; (?)var. clara, Kerr. 



24-53. Elytra red or yellow, suture or apex, or both with dark 

 markings. 



25-33. Prothorax concolorous. 



26-28. Pronotum and underside blue. 



27. Suture and sides generally with wide blue vittae — 



suturalis, Don. ; vertebralis, Boisd. 



28. Suture (partly) and apex only dark — franca, n. sp. 

 29-33. Pronotum and underside green. 



30-32. Apices of elytra truncate. 



31. Base, suture, and apex of o 7 ytra blue (apical mark rarely 



absent) — sim His, Saund. 

 "32. Base and suture or elytra green, size smaller than similis 



marcida, Blackb. 



33. Apices of elytra strongly bispinose — excisicollis, Macl. ; 



addenda, Thorns.; sincera, Kerr. 



34. Pronotum bronze (sometimes more or less red) — caroli, 



Blackb. ; capucina, Blackb. 

 35-51. Prothorax with red or yellow margins. 

 36-38. Red margins as wide as or wider than discal colour. 



37. Alternate intervals of elytra subcostate and narrowed — 



latithorax, Thorns. 



38. Intervals of elytra uniform — thoracica, Saund. ; atalanta, 



Thorns. 

 39-51. Margins of prothorax narrower than discal colour. 

 40-49. Disc of pronotum metallic-green, sides of elytra 



sanguineous. 

 41-43. Underside entirely green. 



42. Sutural markings continuous from base to apex without 



notable enlargement — limbata, Don. 



43. Sutural marking commencing behind base, with irregular 



widenings — afiinis, Saund.; limbata, C. and G. ; 



adelpha. Thorns. 

 44-48. Underside (in part at least) yellow. 

 45. Elytral suture green, abdomen with yellow spots, last 



segment with red bands — sanguinea, Saund. : picti- 



ventris, Kerr.; var. cyaniventris, Kerr.; avuncularis, 



Thorns. 

 46-48. Apices of elytra strongly bispinose, margins of elytra 



not dark. 



47. Sides of prothorax angularly widened, margins of pro- 



notum and elytra red — viridicincta, Waterh. 



48. Sides of prothorax rounded, their margins and elytra 



clear yellow — donovani, C. and G. ; jansoni, Saund. 



49. Apices of elytra truncate, margins of elytra blue-black — 



lessoni, C. and G. ; acutithorax, Thorns. 



50. Disc of pronotum and apical half of elytra coppery-red — 



pascoei, Saund. 



51. Disc of pronotum and apex of elytra bronzy — sanguini- 



ventris, Saund. 



52. Disc of pronotum blue, margins irregularly red — notat't- 



collis, n. sp. 

 *53. Disc of pronotum red, margins bronzv — wimmerae, 



Blackb. 

 54-62. Elytra brown, piceous, or black, lateral margins more or 



less yellow. 

 •55-61. Prothorax with yellow or red margins. 



